Foster

Proper noun

1. An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster.
   • The Mets got that four-run cushion in the seventh when George Foster stepped in as a pinch-hitter and hit a two-run homer for the 5-1 final. - 1983 June 27, Kevin Dupont, “METS GAIN SPLIT; STAUB TIES MARK”, in The New...
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename

   1. A number of places in the United States:

      A former settlement in San Diego County, California.

   2. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.

   3. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.

   4. A number of places in the United States:

      A township and unincorporated community therein, in Big Stone County, Minnesota.

   5. A number of places in the United States:

      A village in Bates County, Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.

   6. A number of places in the United States:

      A village in Pierce County, Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.

   7. A number of places in the United States:

      A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma.

   8. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community partly in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.

   9. A number of places in the United States:

      A town in Providence County, Rhode Island; named for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.

   10. A number of places in the United States:

       A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.

   11. A number of places in the United States:

       An unincorporated community in Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

   12. A number of places in the United States:

       A number of other townships, including in Illinois (2), Michigan, Minnesota (1 more), Pennsylvania (3), and South Dakota, listed under Foster Township.

   13. A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.

   14. A town in South Gippsland Shire, south-east Victoria, Australia.

   15. Ellipsis of Foster County.